C
At first mom and papa called little boy Ned
G7
C
They raised him on the banks of the river bed
G7
C
A home for my mama and my papa and me
G7
C
Already mama’s cooking papa something to eat
G7
C
He hops in his pirogue headed down the bayou
F
They got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana River
C
F
Gonna catch a big fish for us to eat
C
F
Gonna make a living he’s a Louisiana man
C
F
Gonna make a living he’s a Louisiana man
C
Muskrat hides a hanging by the dozen
G7
C
Even got a lady make a muskrat’s cousin
G7
C
Tomorrow papa’s gonna turn them into mon
G7
C
A little baby brother on the floor that’s Mac
G7
C
Big brother Ed’s on the bayou fishing
G7
C
That’s how my papa goes into town
G7
C
Then ever reach the place where the people stay
F
I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around
C
F
That’s the day my papa takes his furs to town
C
F
Even gonna see a cowboy show
C
I see the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
G7
C
Told my pappy gotta go again
G7
C
We’ll come back again first there’s work to be done
F
G7
C
